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Rock 'n' Roller Eric Clapton, who is in his 60's, is offering his 45-acre estate on Antigua at $50,000 a week, a New York real estate source said.The home, known as "Standfast Point," was built in 2,000 at a...

Actor Richard Gere and his wife, actress Carey Lowell, have had several homes in the Hamptons and elsewhere for years now, but they have just sold one of their Hampton homes for $5.9 million.The traditional house of 5,500 square...

After four years and a number of price cuts, former L.A. Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal has finally sold his Miami Beach mansion for $16 million.The NBA star, traded this week to Cleveland, paid $18.8 million for the house, first...

Flea, the bass guitarist with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has listed his home on a Malibu bluff at slightly more than $13.6 million.Flea at Lakers-Rockets game The rocker, also known as Michael Balzary, plans to move to a...

Britney Spears That's correct--the pop star has put her Beverly Hills -area home back on the market, this time at $6,499,000. The last time she listed it, she was asking $7.9 million for it, but that was way back in...

Prince William and his girlfriend, heiress Kate Middleton, recently left the rest of the Royal Rat Pack for a weekend so the United Kingdom's hottest couple could look at houses on the market in Malibu.Prince William & Kate Middleton What?...

Sandy Gallin has simultaneously enjoyed two Hollywood careers for years--one as a talent manager for such stars as Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson, the other as a creator of restored and expanded housing for such notables as saxophonist...

Tom Lennon in 20th Century Fox's Reno 911 Tom Lennon, also known as Lt. Jim Dangle on Comedy Central's "Reno 911!" (2003-09), and his wife, actress Jenny Robertson, have purchased a home in the Hancock Park area for $2,175,000, and...

Kelsey & Camille Grammer Kelsey Grammer, star of the sitcom "Frasier," and his wife, Camille, have sold a 7,600-square-foot house in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles for $3.3 million, slightly less than the actor paid for it in...

Byron Allen, the comedian and talk-show host, bought a home in the Hollywood Hills for his mom, but she had other ideas: She wanted to live in a gated community, where she perceived she would have more security.So Allen listed...

Suzanne SomersActress Suzanne Somers and her husband, former game-show host Alan Hamel, have leased a home on the beachfront in Malibu for close to $30,000 a month, according to the Multiple Listing Service. The couple leased the 3,600-square-foot house, because...

It looked like a cold news day when singer Mariah Carey and her husband, actor-rapper Nick Cannon, started talking about buying "the most expensive estate in the world." Mariah Carey They decided it was a home listed at $125 million....

Actor Val Kilmer says he is no longer looking to sell parts of his 6,000-acre ranch in New Mexico. Now the star of "Batman Forever,""The Saint," "Tombstone" and other films is seeking a buyer for the whole enchilada, and its...

After many months of shopping for a home on the Westside, the multi-talented, Oscar-winning Ben Affleck and his wife, actress Jennifer Garner, have purchased one for about $20 million.Brian Grazer It was the home of Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer and...

Every once in awhile, Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton puts on one of her other favorite hats by finishing a major house restoration.Diane Keaton This time it's not only one of her favorite things to do, it's also one of her...

Don Imus, host of the ABC Networks radio show "Imus in the Morning", has put his Connecticut waterfront compound on the market at $30 million. The compound has a white clapboard, Georgian Revival-style main house with 16 rooms in...

Dr. McDreamy puts his Bel-Air home on the market Actor Patrick Dempsey, known to his fans as the handsome Dr. McDreamy on "Grey's Anatomy," has put his New England traditional in Bel-Air on the market at just under $3.6 million....

(LOS ANGELES, CA) -- Candy Spelling, widow of prolific TV producer Aaron Spelling, has put her Holmby Hills home, known as "The Manor," on the market at $150 million. It is believed to be the highest asking price for a single-family home in the United States.

Hugh Hefner and his wife, Kimberley, bought a home about a dozen years ago that they have just put on the market for close to $28 million. The couple purchased the home, next to the party-friendly Playboy mansion in Holmby...

Yankee star Alex Rodriguez has gone to contract on selling his Trump Park Avenue apartment, listed most recently at $10 million. At the same time, A-Rod's neighbor, Sheik Abdul Aziz al-Thani of Qatar, cut the asking price on his...